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Economic growth, recession is over W W W blip blip
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HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »Worst weather for 30 years in January.
Shops shut, people couldn't get to work, transport ground to a halt.....
Be more of a surprise if that didn't kick the numbers negative for this quarter, to be honest.
And inclement weather may yet return before March....
I never cease to be amazed at the ability of some to spout such wisdom after the event but very rarely before."There's no such thing as Macra. Macra do not exist."
"I could play all day in my Green Cathedral".
"The Centuries that divide me shall be undone."
"A dream? Really, Doctor. You'll be consulting the entrails of a sheep next. "0 -
My guess is there will be some growth. The economy seems to be strengthenning.0
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I think that we are going back into recession this year and unemployment will hit 3 million. It is about time the government stopped firms from moving our manufacturing abroad and too many foreign companies hold our future in their hands.Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones that let in the light
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Butterfly_Brain wrote: »I think that we are going back into recession this year and unemployment will hit 3 million. It is about time the government stopped firms from moving our manufacturing abroad and too many foreign companies hold our future in their hands.
How would they do this? Force factories to remain open?
I would rather have a tshirt costing £2 made in China than one costing £15 made in the UK. I imagine that most people(except the guys making the tshirt would agree)0 -
But this comes down to high government taxes squeezing every last penny out of the economy and subservient people (US!!!) and not demanding that the banks pay us back every last penny with interest before giving themselves huge bonusesBlessed are the cracked for they are the ones that let in the light
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Radiantsoul wrote: »How would they do this? Force factories to remain open?
I would rather have a tshirt costing £2 made in China than one costing £15 made in the UK. I imagine that most people(except the guys making the tshirt would agree)
As opposed to a T-Shirt where you are charged £15 quid for it and cost the company £2 to make in China and the differential is trousered by the company.
No doubt Brown and Mandy will say they had "strong words" with the company :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
Trebles all round."There's no such thing as Macra. Macra do not exist."
"I could play all day in my Green Cathedral".
"The Centuries that divide me shall be undone."
"A dream? Really, Doctor. You'll be consulting the entrails of a sheep next. "0 -
Spartacus_Mills wrote: »As opposed to a T-Shirt where you are charged £15 quid for it and cost the company £2 to make in China and the differential is trousered by the company.
No doubt Brown and Mandy will say they had "strong words" with the company :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
Trebles all round.
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Spartacus_Mills wrote: »I never cease to be amazed at the ability of some to spout such wisdom after the event but very rarely before.
Sorry, didn't realise I was supposed to be a meteorologist as well as having the ability to state the bl00dy obvious......“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
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stonethrower wrote: »But it had nothing to do with January
Last time I checked January was still in the first quarter of the year.
Which would make it somewhat relevant to the question asked by the OP....In light of the above news what will we see in Q1 for the UK in 2010?“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
Spartacus_Mills wrote: »I never cease to be amazed at the ability of some to spout such wisdom after the event but very rarely before.
Agree, favourite are the bearish posters explaining why house prices have recovered since Feb 2009 when they were predicting whopping falls
'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher0
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